ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | ALL TOPICS

The AI Was Fed Sloppy Code. It Turned Into Something Evil.

By STEPHEN ORNES

The new science of "emergent misalignment" explores how PG-13 training data — insecure code, superstitious numbers or even extreme-sports advice — can open the door to AI's dark side.

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PHYSIOLOGY

What Does It Mean To Be Thirsty?

By DAN SAMORODNITSKY

The effects of insufficient water are felt by every cell in the body, but it's the brain that manifests our experience of thirst.

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MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS

New Physics-Inspired Proof Probes the Borders of Disorder

By LEILA SLOMAN

A new method could change the struggle to understand matrices that reflect both order and randomness.

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THE QUANTA PODCAST

'It's a Mess': A Brain-Bending Trip to Quantum Theory's 100th Birthday Party

Podcast hosted by SAMIR PATEL
With CHARLIE WOOD

This summer, staff writer Charlie Wood joined hundreds of physicists on a journey to Helgoland, the birthplace of quantum mechanics.

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